Technology and the Law

The assignment for Monday, January 9, is as follows:

I. Maggs, Soma & Sprowl, "Internet and Computer Law," Chapter 1:

   A. Introduction, pp. 1-4

   B. Copyrightability

     1. Fixation:

      Williams Electronics, Inc. v. Arctic Int'l, Inc., pp. 4-10

   D. Exclusive Rights of the Copyright Owner

     2. Copies - Sec. 106(1) 

      MAI Systems Corp. v. Peak Computer, Inc., pp. 50-54 

(If you have not yet acquired the text for this class, you can find the cases we will be discussing as follows:  Williams Electronics, Inc. v. Arctic Int'l, Inc., 685 F.2d 870 (3rd Cir. 1982); MAI Systems Corp. v. Peak Computer, Inc., 991 F.2d 511 (9th Cir. 1993) (read sections I and IV only; do not read sections II, III, V, VI, VII and VIII))

Scan Cyberlaw Copyright Outline attached. 

Read also Chapter 7,what things regulate, from Lessig, Code 2.0, attached as Assignment #01A.

The assignment for Wednesday, January 11, is as follows:

Maggs, Chapter 1

   B. Copyrightability

      2. Creativity

         Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Serv. Co., pp. 10-19

         Oasis Publishing Co. v. West Publishing Co., Maggs, pp. 20-21

         Matthew Bender & Co. v. West Publishing Co., Maggs, pp. 21-23